Steller sea lion: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Steller sea lion lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Eumetopias jubatus
Group	Seals, sea lions & walrus
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Mass	19.5 kg (birth weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Otariidae

Where does the Steller sea lion live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Steller sea lion in 3 countries and territories across Europe and North America. In Russia it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a Steller sea lion?

Wikidata records the following for the Steller sea lion: mass 19.5 kg (birth weight).

Is the Steller sea lion endangered?

The Steller sea lion’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Steller sea lion?

The Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Otariidae, genus Eumetopias. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Steller sea lion

The Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), also known as Steller's sea lion or the northern sea lion, is a large, near-threatened species of sea lion, predominantly found in the coastal marine habitats of the northeast Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Northwest regions of North America, from north-central California to Oregon, Washington and British Columbia to Alaska. Its range continues across the Northern Pacific and the Aleutian Islands, all the way to Kamchatka, Magadan Oblast, and the Sea of Okhotsk, south to Honshu's northern coastline. It is the sole member of the genus Eumetopias, and the largest of the so-called eared seals (Otariidae). Among pinnipeds, only the walrus and the two species of elephant seal are bigger. The species is named for the naturalist and explorer Georg Wilhelm Steller, who first described them in 1741. Steller sea lions have attracted considerable attention in recent decades, both from scientists and the general public, due to significant (and largely unexplained) declines in their numbers over an extensive portion of their northern range, notably in Alaska.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Steller sea lion (revision 1375226089), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q431981 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).